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The Hidden Gem of Los Gatos: A Guide to Surrey Farm

Surrey Farm is a charming and historic neighborhood in Los Gatos, California, located in the western part of town near the Santa Cruz Mountains. Originally part of the Forbes Mill Annex, the land was subdivided in the 1920s and sold to individual landowners who built homes, farms, and orchards. The neighborhood is named after the Surrey horse-drawn carriage, which was popular in the early 1900s and often used for transportation in the area. Surrey Farm is a relatively small neighborhood with just over 200 homes, located off of Kennedy Road on a few streets including Longmeadow Drive, Blueberry Hill Drive, Clover Way, Olde Drive, and Twin Oaks Drive. The homes in Surrey Farm were built in the 1950s and 1960s, with most starting as ranch-style homes between 2000 and 3000 square feet on lots of about 1/4 to 1/3 of an acre. Over the years, many homes have been remodeled, expanded, or completely rebuilt, resulting in a range of sizes and styles. Some of the larger homes sit on parcels of more than one acre. Surrey Farm is home to a variety of ranch-style homes, which are known for their single-story layout and simple, functional design. These homes are a popular choice for families, as they offer a comfortable and practical living space that is easy to maintain. One of the defining features of ranch homes in Surrey Farm is their spacious and open floor plans. These homes typically feature large living areas that flow seamlessly into dining areas and kitchens, creating a sense of space and unity throughout the home. Many ranch homes in Surrey Farm also feature large windows and skylights, which provide plenty of natural light and help to bring the outdoors inside. Another common feature of ranch homes in Surrey Farm is their emphasis on outdoor living. Many of these homes feature large, landscaped yards that are perfect for gardening, entertaining, or simply relaxing in the sun. Some homes also feature outdoor patios or decks, which offer a comfortable and private space for outdoor dining or lounging. Ranch homes in Surrey Farm also come in a variety of styles and finishes, depending on the individual home and its history. Some homes feature classic ranch-style architecture, with low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, and simple geometric shapes. Other homes may have been updated or remodeled over the years and may feature more modern finishes and amenities, such as granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, and hardwood floors. Overall, ranch homes in Surrey Farm offer a comfortable and practical living space that is ideal for families, retirees, or anyone who enjoys the ease and convenience of single-story living. With their spacious floor plans, emphasis on outdoor living, and variety of styles and finishes, these homes are a popular choice for those looking to settle down in one of Los Gatos' most desirable neighborhoods. One of the unique aspects of Surrey Farm is its rural feeling. The neighborhood does not have sidewalks or street lamps, and many yards continue to use the original horse fence as part of their landscaping. The area is close to downtown Los Gatos but feels farther away, offering a peaceful atmosphere with open spaces and hills nearby. Surrey Farm is part of the Los Gatos Union School District, which includes several highly-rated public schools, including Blossom Valley Elementary School and Fisher Middle School. The neighborhood is also located near several private schools, including Hillbrook School and Mulberry School. The neighborhood is known for its natural beauty, with many homes offering stunning views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The nearby Vasona Lake County Park and Lexington Reservoir County Park offer residents plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation, including hiking, fishing, and boating. Living in Surrey Farm does come with some challenges, including the potential for wildlife encounters such as possums, skunks, raccoons, deer, bobcats, and mountain lions. Overall, Surrey Farm is a special and unique neighborhood in Los Gatos, offering a rural feel, proximity to downtown, and a range of beautiful homes on large lots. Its natural beauty, a strong sense of community, and ideal location make it one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Gatos, and a great place to call home for those who can afford it. Read the full article

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calicocritteroftheday · 3 years

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calico critters of the day:

george and mildred mulberry (mulberry raccoon family grandparents)

birthday: unknown, 1995

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angcrmanagcmcnt-moved · 4 years

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NAME: Anger the Irritable ALIAS: Lyssa | Brat Raccoon AGE: Default verse, appears 11 but has actually only been around for about four years. FAMILY: Her ‘father’ could be considered as her creator, Axel Arlott; though it should be noted that Anger holds much distaste for him and doesn’t see him as a parental figure. SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A

𝙿𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻.

RELIGIOUS BELIEF: There can’t really be a god if something like her can exist, can there? SINS: greed / gluttony / sloth / lust / pride / envy / wrath VIRTUES: chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice PRIMARY GOALS IN LIFE: Become human; become real. KNOWN LANGUAGES: She only knows the common tongue of Amestris. SECRETS: Being a homunculus; murdering all but one in an entire town. ~~~~~ 𝙿𝙷𝚈𝚂𝙸𝙲𝙰𝙻.

BUILD: scrawny / bony / slender / fit / athletic / curvy / herculean / pudgy / average. HEIGHT: 4′11 SCARS / MARKS: Anger has no scars, but when she loses control of her urges, a bruise in the shape of two hands will appear on her neck. She also has an Ouroboros tattoo on her left bicep, usually kept concealed beneath sleeves when out in public. ABILITIES / POWERS: Anger has the ability to conceal herself in shadows, though completely vanishing saps much of her energy. She can also hide up to two others as long as they’re close; but this, of course, puts more strain on her. Like all homunculus, she has regenerative abilities that quickly heal any wound she gains. Unfortunately, this has a limit and doesn’t last forever, and Anger is terrified of the day when her luck will run out. ~~~~~ 𝙵𝙰𝚅𝙾𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴𝚂.

FOOD: Like most children, Anger favors sweets, but if she had to pick a favorite ‘real’ food, it would be grilled cheese. DRINK: Hot Chocolate when it’s cold. Iced Tea when she’s somewhere hot. PIZZA TOPPING: N/A; Anger’s never had pizza before. COLOUR: Mulberry Purple. MUSIC GENRE: Any music done with something like a guitar is something Anger would be inclined to like. BOOK GENRE: Fantasy. MOVIE GENRE: Do movies even exist in Amestris?? SEASON: Summer CURSE WORD: Fuck. SCENT(S): Blood and dirt; bitter almond ~~~~~ 𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙾𝙼.

SINGS IN THE SHOWER: What’s a shower again?? For real, though, she does have a habit of humming lullabies to herself when alone. LIKES BAD PUNS: She’s the one usually making them, of course she likes them. FAVORITE GAME: Hide and Seek. ~~~~~

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Tagging: @dolcetters @alchemic-elric and anyone else that wants to!!

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dancingqueendc · 3 years

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#throwback this was #Chocolate #MaoMao when she first started eating outside my front door(so I could lure her inside to sleep at night)....she was more like irish cream than chocolate.... when she was still an outside runaway 2015-2017, hanging out with her half brother's half bro cat/ kitten Pete/dumdum in her former next door neighbor's backyard/tree and his moldy storage shed (2-3houses down across street from my apt bldg). She also lived/slept/grew up in the mulberry tree in my backyard, raised partially by her raccoon mama &family who lived in the mulberry tree in my backyard. Chocolates mama cat died last Oct at ripe old age of at least 20yr...hope she will live at least close to that long with me....she has really grown up& twice as big as she used to be March-May2019 - now 1st year in new housing she is darker now that she's no longer an outside cat since we don't live next to Fort DuPont National State Park Community Garden anymore...she misses her old home/mulberry tree& Pete her bff who was killed/poisoned by that neighbor who hated mischief Pete that would sneak in his yard, lounge on his front porch like he owned the place & hide in that nasty grungey moldy storage shed in the guys backyard (junkyard) march2017-now has been 2-3years since Pete passed away. She use dro sit under the mulberry tree and look down the park service road hoping Pete would come back any day....for at least 1-2years she still waited for him and looked for him in the park where they used to play with their dear deer friends from the state deer reserve across the street F&MN SE on the other side of Ft DuPont National State Park. She spent 1/4-1/3 of her life in that mulberry tree in my backyard....we miss going to the deer reserve to watch/look for her dear deer friends til dusk then I had to carry her home she was so tired from all that walking....in the park 2-4blks away.... Chocoface never walked more than 2blocks from home and was afraid of the cars speeding by on MN Ave SE so she avoided going beyond the park Anacostia tributary streams/creek. She loved chasing butterflies & POLLINATORS, hunting and catching moles weekly leaving half-dead presents under Sam's van next to the BBQ area, exploring woods behind the Community Garden where we buried Pete and GreySea, may they/their spirits r.i.p. lovely lovely mischief kittens. Pete and ChocChoc were from the same litter and roughly the same age about 2y.o. in 2015 when I moved there Sept18. She was this tiny lil fast blur furball just skin&bones til I lured her in to check her and treat her of her ticks and heal her from her wounds...took 1.5yr 2016-2017 to get her to come in at night to sleep/rest not just one eye open in the mulberry tree all night hiding under the vehicles parked outside on the curb, for warmth....so my doctor signed my HUD ADA accommodations forms July-Sept2017 and she became LEGAL RESIDENT ESA registered disabilty service animal for me and I could finally keep her. During the day time she would play outside all day til I got home to feed her and she could sleep. But she still liked to go outside between 1-5am often so I told her if I fall asleep don't expect me to let you back in if you want to sit outside all night. But I always had to toilet and looked for her a lot of nights to get her back in to the warmth. She liked sleeping in my bed with me and in my Wheelchair next to my bed. She still often sleeps in the chair next to my bed, and now also her new bed I bought for her kennel. It's nice plush orthopedic self warming cushion with bolster pillow and she loves lounging catnapping in it day and night in her room....she's very happy to have her own room/kennel instead of just hiding in the bookcases/shelves or safeway shopping basket she used to sleep in so I had to just let her have it after Dec2018....

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nightmare-afton-cosplay · 7 years

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Houses For Sale in Edgerton, MO

Scott Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $288000

Excellent soils on this 64 acre tract. Soil conservation practices including terracing have kept the farm in good condition.

18800 S Ridgely Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $699000

DRASTICALLY REDUCED!! 6-1-16 !!***”Paradise in the Woods” is the only way to describe this 51 ACRE property with an almost new 3800 sq. ft. brick home. Home is 4 BR, 3BA, very open floorplan with a 4 car oversize garage. This home was built in 2013 and is about 99% done except for finishing the kitchen. It has radiant floor heat and has and external Central Boiler firebox as well. The air conditioning is 7 LG ductless inverters that are more than adequate to keep you cool and it has 12″ concrete form rebar reimforced walls, so with that being said the electric bill is very minimal. It h as a steel roof with foam insulation so the attic temperature is almost the same as the inside temperature of the house ! While being built, the owners lived in the 32×60 barn and it also has radiant floor heat and is set up for living quarters if desired. You have your own woodburning fireplace inside as well as outside on the front porch and is built with real Sabastian Rock. This property is a HUNTER”S DREAM ! It is loaded with deer & turkey, raccoons, bobcat, coyote, and just about every other critter you can think of. Approximately 18 acres of pasture are put into sections of food plots and are planted with Whitetail Clover. 2 salt licks, 4 wheeler lanes are cut so you can get to your stands quietly, Big uncut timber with lots of white oaks and thick bedding areas are all present on this property. It is bordered by Dick’s Creek on the west & north . This property has an easement road and sits off of Ridgely Road approx. 3/4 mile, so it is very secluded and quiet. If you don’t like sharing the yard with deer & turkey, this property is probably not for you! ALL this is located in Platte County and is just NW of Dollar General in Smithville maybe 5 miles, and it is in SMITHVILLE School District ! Call Brad at 816-922-9675. This property can be seen by appointment only.

Malcolm Lake Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $165000

Great small acreage currently in row crop production. Buy for investment or also a great tract to build your dream home! Soils are highly productive.

Castile Tract 7 Dr, Edgerton, MO

Price: $53000

MOTIVATED SELLER! This property has a lot of natural beauty. Lots of trees and rolling hills. A beautiful site to build your dream home. Let us help you find a builder or bring your own. You’ll fall in love with this property in the country! More acreage is available!

23195 Dd Hwy, Edgerton, MO

Price: $1300000

Outdoor Enthusiasts Paradise! If you like Hunting/Fishing, or just like a little elbow room, this Custom built home on 315.8 acres in Platte County is not to be missed. All of the rooms in this home are large, plenty of room for family and friends. Gorgeous Stone Fireplace and fresh paint throughout the interior. This property has it all, some tillable acreage, some wooded, 2 ponds, beautiful rolling hills. Wonderful outbuilding with concrete floor that you could use as extra garage space, workshop, hobbies.

5725 Malcolm Lake Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $325000

True Ranch on 14.5 acres with 3 ponds. Large section of yard with deck is fenced with extra wide custom gates. Outbuilding. Chicken coop. Many mature trees along with an apple tree, plum tree and wild mulberries. Open living/family room. Dining room with eat in kitchen bar. New roof in 2010 and new carpet upstairs in fall of 2012. All appliances are 3-5 years old other than microwave. Water softener. Enjoy peaceful days and nights on the deck by a fire and sunset. Close to Smithville Lake, Zona Rosa, and MCI. Ready for your finishing touches!

SE 120 Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $120000

Approximately 25+/- Acres More or Less to be determined by survey. Land is located North of Edgerton and South of Gower MO in Buchanan County. This acreage joins the 746+/- Acre Kendzora Conservation area on the North Side. Perfect place to build a home with an acreage and be able to walk out your door and utilize the benefits of the conservation area as well.

300 Morrow St, Edgerton, MO

Price: $150000

Acreage, Out buildings, Privacy, Award winning schoolsThis house has what you are looking for! Enjoying mornings on your front porch or massive wrap around deck. Built in storage everywhere in this home. Updated kitchen with granite, SS appliances, loads of cabinets & double ovens. First floor laundry that can also double as a mud room with side door to your yard. New Roof, New Gutters, New Siding, Furnace & A/C only 2 years old. Enjoy the Privacy, See the stars at night & Call This Home!

704 Clark Ave, Edgerton, MO

Price: $137900

You will love this county in town living, this home is amazing & features 3 bedrooms and could be a 4th small or office/playroom/storage. Home has a formal dining, great room, 2 full baths, kitchen has been remodeled and is nice!! The large covered deck and patio /fire pit is wonderful to relax in the evening. 2 car detached oversized garage, a man’s dream!! This is the home for you!!

17515 Smith Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $359900

you will love living in this country setting on 5 acres. maintenance free exterior. huge workshop with concrete floor for all of your ‘extras’. the home has new carpet in bedrooms and laminate in master bedroom. fourth bedroom above the garage is a real ‘bonus’. kitchen peninsula for the additional counter space for large family dinners. the wonderful finished walkout basement with wet bar for the all of the entertaining needs. laundry room on main level and a second laundry area in the basement.

Little Platte Rd, Edgerton, MO

Price: $200000

Timbered land with Platte River frontage for sale! Rare 20 acres +- w/ ample road frontage and PLATTE RIVER frontage. Nearly solid woods. Potentially a Platte County building spot located west of Smithville Missouri and northeast of Platte City. A must see for anyone wanting rural land with timber and river access. Hunt, camp, fish, atv, possibly build your house in the woods? Plenty of upland on this property to possibly build on. There is also some low lying land along the river that will flood on occasion

Hwy B, Edgerton, MO

Price: $110000

perfect building spot with acreage. 21.75+/- acres south of st joseph missouri. rare small acreage in buchanan county mo with blacktop road on 2 sides, land is currently in pasture and partial row crop, utilities at the road, excellent investment, building site, grain bin site or place to build improvements w/great access. currently approximately 16.5+/- acres are being row cropped. estimated cash rent $150 to $200/tillable acre.

18144 Se Hwy #B, Edgerton, MO

Price: $110000

21.75+/- ACRES SOUTH OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. RARE SMALL ACREAGE IN BUCHANAN COUNTY MO WITH BLACKTOP ROAD ON 2 SIDES, LAND IS CURRENTLY IN PASTURE AND PARTIAL ROW CROP, UTILITIES AT THE ROAD, EXCELLENT INVESTMENT, BUILDING SITE, GRAIN BIN SITE OR PLACE TO BUILD IMPROVEMENTS W/GREAT ACCESS. CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 16.5+/- ACRES ARE BEING ROW CROPPED. ESTIMATED CASH RENT $150 TO $200/TILLABLE ACRE. Please Call Dan McChristy @ 816-383-2069.

300 Frank St, Edgerton, MO

Price: $55000

Small home, with new carpet in rural town, home is located on the main street through town. Easy walk to area activities and shops. Great starter home or investment property. New carpet.

from http://www.theochomesearch.com/houses-for-sale-in-edgerton-mo/

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goddessgardener · 4 years

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Goddess Gardener Pivots

“I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower as if it were to be the last one for me.” Andre Gide

Summertime and the living is easy! Or is it?

This year will be a year like no other highlighted by the frightening health pandemic and sorrowful civil unrest. As the economy slowly re-opens, people are clamoring to shop, dine, socialize, get haircuts, and have their teeth cleaned. The line of masked individuals waiting outside reopened stores for their turn to enter is a testament to the yearning to gather. Protesters fill the streets across the country demanding needed national changes. It’s time to listen, re-evaluate, and educate ourselves. Connecting with the natural world is one prescription for finding healing and balance.

While I was researching grants to assist the literacy charity, Be the Star You Are!® (www.BetheStarYouAre.org) financially survive during this crisis, I marveled at a constant question: How have you pivoted? At first, I had no idea what that question meant. What did we have to do to pivot? Where were we supposed to pivot to? After many Zoom conferences, meetings, webinars, and phone meetings, I finally understood.

But how can pivoting apply to gardening? The entire world is experiencing chaos. People who have spent minimal time with nature, who have never thought of growing anything, have become interested in planting and protecting. I’ve had emails from individuals from many walks of life who want to get their hands in the dirt as they are sheltering at home. As they decide to pivot, nature is a salve. When times are stressful, gardens become a refuge. Shoveling, digging, pruning, planting, and watching seedlings grow into something to admire or eat are therapeutic endeavors.

Whether you decide to grow a few herbs on a windowsill, tomatoes on a balcony, or an abundance of your favorite vegetables, flowers, and fruit in a large garden, there is nothing better than a summer of flavor and colors grown in your personal paradise. When you pivot to your garden, you’ll slow down a bit and feel appreciation. Research consistently indicates that being around growing plants benefits you physically, psychologically, and emotionally. You’ll decompress, gain more muscle mass, increase aerobic endurance, reduce stress, and experience more joy.

Summer has always been my most favorite season because of the delightful warm weather and bountiful baskets of fresh fruit, vegetables, and herbs that I harvest from my orchard and potager. The plethora of glorious blooms constantly changes keeping my elation peaked. Unlike most people, I prefer not to travel in the summer months to other destinations. Instead, the beauty of my backyard becomes the playground for family and friends where we barbecue, engage in lawns games, watch the flamboyant sunsets, and wander the grounds watching the parade of wildlife.

Flowering plants are hummingbird, bee, and butterfly magnets while the seeds attract the birds. Agastache, echinacea, hollyhock, and roses enchant for months. In my orchard, the loquats, mulberries, tangelos, citrus, and plums are ripe. The birds, deer, turkeys, squirrels, and I skirmish for our fair share. Soon apricots, prunes, and peaches will be ready for harvesting and the wrangling will begin again. I adore these encounters with nature. There is abundance for all.

My field of chamomile is richly fragrant and the petals when plucked and dried will make a comforting tea. The seeds from nigella (love in the mist) have scattered throughout the orchard creating a sea of blue. Bumblebees race from star-shaped blossom to blossom grabbing the sweet nectar. Roses mixed with osteospermum (African daisy) will provide continuous blooms into the fall with frequent deadheading. Lovely on the shrub, the blue hydrangeas are almost as stunning in a dried arrangement. An intriguing plant is arum italicum, also known as Italian Lords and Ladies. In late spring, the creamy-white flower is cupped at the base of the plant resembling its relative, Jack-in-the-Pulpit. In mid-summer, striking red-orange berries rise in a columnar formation where the foliage has died back. This tuberous perennial plant self-sows and can become invasive if your yard is small. If you have a woodland area where bergenia, heuchera, or hellebores thrive, it is quite stunning. Beware, all parts of the plant are poisonous. Don’t let it grow in your vegetable patch!

This summer is destined to be unusual. I plan on adhering to Covid-19 directives to shelter-in-place while refraining from attending large gatherings or even small ones. I’m working from home, wearing a mask and gloves whenever I venture out, constantly maintaining a minimal six feet distance between others, and am continuing to sanitize everything. Hopefully, we won’t go back to what was considered normal in the past and instead take better care and be more aware, of one another and the health of our planet.

This year I am happy and grateful to enjoy the summer flower by flower. My planet pivot is to play in my personal garden paradise.

What’s your planet pivot?

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay strong. Wash your hands. Cover your face!

Cynthia Brian’s Gardening Guide for July

PIVOT for stress relief to your garden sanctuary.

PREVENT grubs (the larvae of June bugs) by treating your lawn with an organic granular treatment to get rid of larvae. Raccoons, skunks, and moles enjoy grubs as a source of protein.

BOND with children or a partner by planting edibles you will enjoy together.

DRESS for the dirt by donning gloves, sunscreen, hat, and an apron. If you are doing heavy weeding, wearing overalls is a win.

DRY three to five sprigs of blue hydrangeas for a long-lasting summer arrangement.

COLLECT the white blossoms of chamomile for a soothing tea.

PLANT Lilliputian miniature roses in a container for a moveable dash of color.

PICK a basket of mulberries if you are lucky enough to have a tree.

GROW citrus to maintain a constant supply of vitamin C. Dwarf varieties of lemons, limes, tangerines, tangelos, oranges, and grapefruit are available to be grown in half barrels.

PREVENT fires by removing debris, dead branches, and refuse from around your home and yard.

CUT all tall grass and keep lawns and shrubs watered.

SAVE rose petals to make bath balms and rose water splashes.

SUCCESSION planting is the key to a plentiful supply of summer greens including lettuces, arugula, beets, carrots, and radishes. Sow your favorite seeds every three weeks as you consume.

CHECK yourself for ticks after every outdoor excursion. (To date, I’ve removed three!)

ADD hydrogen peroxide to fountains to purify the water without harming the birds.

MAINTAIN social distancing and wear a mask when you leave your home.

TAKE care of Mother Earth.

BE SAFE on Independence Day.

Photos and more at https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1409/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Planet-pivots.html

Happy gardening. Happy growing. Have a flowerful 4th of July!

Cynthia Brian, The Goddess Gardener, is available for hire to help you prepare for your spring garden. Raised in the vineyards of Napa County, Cynthia is a New York Times best-selling author, actor, radio personality, speaker, media and writing coach, as well as the Founder and Executive Director of Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3. Tune into Cynthia’s StarStyle® Radio Broadcast at www.StarStyleRadio.com.

Buy copies of her best-selling books, including, Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s Soul, Growing with the Goddess Gardener, and Be the Star You Are! Millennials to Boomers at www.cynthiabrian.com/online-store.

Cynthia is available for virtual writing projects, garden consults, and inspirational lectures.

[email protected]

www.GoddessGardener.com

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bethestaryouareradio · 4 years

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Planet Pivots

"I should like to enjoy this summer flower by flower as if it were to be the last one for me.” Andre Gide

Summertime and the living is easy! Or is it?

While I was researching grants to assist the literacy charity, Be the Star You Are!® https://www.BetheStarYouAre.org financially survive during this crisis, I marveled at a constant question: How have you pivoted? At first, I had no idea what that question meant. What did we have to do to pivot? Where were we supposed to pivot to? After many Zoom conferences, meetings, webinars, and phone meetings, I finally understood.

This year I am happy and grateful to enjoy the summer flower by flower. My planet pivot is to play in my personal garden paradise.

What’s your planet pivot?

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay strong. Wash your hands. Cover your face!

Cynthia Brian’s Gardening Guide for July

PIVOT for stress relief to your garden sanctuary. PREVENT grubs (the larvae of June bugs) by treating your lawn with an organic granular treatment to get rid of larvae. Raccoons, skunks, and moles enjoy grubs as a source of protein. BOND with children or a partner by planting edibles you will enjoy together. DRESS for the dirt by donning gloves, sunscreen, hat, and an apron. If you are doing heavy weeding, wearing overalls is a win. DRY three to five sprigs of blue hydrangeas for a long-lasting summer arrangement. COLLECT the white blossoms of chamomile for a soothing tea. PLANT Lilliputian miniature roses in a container for a moveable dash of color. PICK a basket of mulberries if you are lucky enough to have a tree. GROW citrus to maintain a constant supply of vitamin C. Dwarf varieties of lemons, limes, tangerines, tangelos, oranges, and grapefruit are available to be grown in half barrels. PREVENT fires by removing debris, dead branches, and refuse from around your home and yard. CUT all tall grass and keep lawns and shrubs watered. SAVE rose petals to make bath balms and rose water splashes. SUCCESSION planting is the key to a plentiful supply of summer greens including lettuces, arugula, beets, carrots, and radishes. Sow your favorite seeds every three weeks as you consume. CHECK yourself for ticks after every outdoor excursion. (To date, I’ve removed three!) ADD hydrogen peroxide to fountains to purify the water without harming the birds. MAINTAIN social distancing and wear a mask when you leave your home. TAKE care of Mother Earth. BE SAFE on Independence Day.

Photos and more at https://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue1409/Digging-Deep-with-Goddess-Gardener-Cynthia-Brian-Planet-pivots.html

Happy gardening. Happy growing. Have a flowerful 4th of July!

Cynthia is available for virtual writing projects, garden consults, and inspirational lectures. [email protected]

www.GoddessGardener.com

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shilohsylvanian · 11 months

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biofunmy · 5 years

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Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers

GANGJIN COUNTY, South Korea — Every morning on her way to school, Hwang Wol-geum, a first grader, rides the same yellow bus as three of her family members: One is a kindergartner, another a third grader and the other a fifth grader.

Ms. Hwang is 70 — and her schoolmates are her grandchildren.

Illiterate all her life, she remembers hiding behind a tree and weeping as she saw her friends trot off to school six decades ago. While other village children learned to read and write, she stayed home, tending pigs, collecting firewood and looking after younger siblings. She later raised six children of her own, sending all of them to high school or college.

Yet it always pained her that she couldn’t do what other mothers did.

“Writing letters to my children, that’s what I dreamed of the most,” Ms. Hwang said.

Help came unexpectedly this year from the local school that was running out of school-age children and was desperate to fill its classrooms with students.

South Korea’s birthrate has been plummeting in recent decades, falling to less than one child per woman last year, one of the lowest in the world.

The hardest hit areas are rural counties, where babies have become an increasingly rare sight as young couples migrate en masse to big cities for better paying jobs.

Like other rural schools, Daegu Elementary, in Ms. Hwang’s district, has seen its students dwindle. When Ms. Hwang’s youngest son, Chae Kyong-deok, 42, attended it in the 1980s, it had 90 students in each grade. Now, the school has only 22 students in total, including one student each in its fourth- and fifth-grade classes.

This year, the worst calamity of all struck the district.

“We went around villages looking for just one precious kid to enroll as a first grader,” said the principal, Lee Ju-young. “There was none.”

So Ms. Lee and local residents, desperate to save the 96-year-old school, came up with an idea: How about enrolling older villagers who wanted to learn to read and write?

Ms. Hwang and seven other women, aged 56 to 80, stepped forward, with at least four others asking to be enrolled next year.

For younger people who want to stay in the area, the future of their town depended on keeping the school alive.

“Who would start a family here if there were no school?” asked Noh Soon-ah, 40, whose husband — one of Ms. Hwang’s sons — quit his job in an auto parts factory in a big city and resettled his family here five years ago, to succeed his parents’ farming business. “Children are what brings laughter and vitality to a town.”

The local education office warmed to the idea, and Ms. Hwang started attending classes last month.

Like many first graders on their first day, Ms. Hwang cried. But these were tears of joy.

”I couldn’t believe this was actually happening to me,” she said. “Carrying a school bag has always been my dream.”

Once overcrowded with students, the seaside campus of Daegu Elementary looked almost empty on a recent visit. Camellia, sweet brier and pine trees surrounded its deserted sandy playground. After a rain, cherry trees were shedding their blossoms.

Inside the two-story school building, children and grandmothers changed into slippers and walked hallways decorated with locally produced jade-green celadon vases.

In the first-grade classroom, Ms. Hwang and two other grandmothers toiled laboriously, determined to learn to read and write.

Pencil in hand, they chanted the 14 consonants and 10 vowels of the Korean alphabet as their teacher, Jo Yoon-jeong, 24, wrote them one by one on the white board. They took dictation on words like “aunt,” “fisherman” and “raccoon” with their slow and crooked penmanship.

Between writing exercises, Ms. Jo turned on an upbeat song — “There Is Nothing Wrong With My Age!” — and led a dance routine for the giggling grandmothers to follow.

“School is so much fun,” Ms. Hwang said.

Her son, Kyong-deok, agreed: “My mother has become a much happier person since she began going to school. Smiles hardly seem to leave her face.”

Ms. Hwang’s county, Gangjin, here on the southwestern tip of South Korea’s coast, is typical of the rural areas left behind in South Korea’s rapid industrialization.

Gangjin’s last major industry, potterymaking, died when plastics began replacing crockery in Korean kitchens in the 1970s. Its rapidly aging population now makes a living growing strawberries and mulberries or picking oysters, cockles and octopuses from tidal flats.

Park Jong-sim, 75, is a champion octopus catcher in her village. But on a recent day, she was more worried about falling behind in her elementary-school class.

She blinked her eyes as she tried to keep them focused on the notebook, and occasionally took her reading glasses off to wipe tears caused by eye fatigue. Enunciating words was also difficult. To practice her penmanship, she woke up before dawn.

“My memory, hand and tongue don’t work like I wish,” Ms. Park said. “But I am going to learn to write before I die. You don’t know how I feel when I go to a government office, they ask me to fill out a form and the only thing I know how to write is my name.”

Going to school became a distant dream for Ms. Park after her father died when she was 8. She spent her childhood collecting sea mustard, raising silkworms and harvesting ramie plants.

Decades ago, Korean families often focused what little resources they had on educating their sons. Many girls were expected to stay home and look after younger siblings while their parents worked outside.

Ms. Hwang said her father found a new wife after her mother gave birth to five daughters but no son. Her stepmother refused to send Ms. Hwang to school and scoffed at the idea of “teaching a daughter letters” when her father tried to show her how to read at home.

Being illiterate brought many humiliations later in life. Posting packages was always a problem because she could not write addresses.

Years ago, she and her husband, Chae Jan-ho, 72, were visiting their son in Seoul, the capital, when they got separated in the bustling subway. Ms. Hwang could not read any of the signs and was hopelessly lost until a stranger helped her find her way.

Now she and her fellow students are determined to make up for lost time. One of the women who returned to elementary school this year had dropped out of school as a fifth grader in the 1970s, when she was sent away to become a live-in housemaid for a rich family in order to support her own.

“They are eager to learn,” said Ms. Jo, the teacher, about her first-grade students. “They are probably the only students here asking for more homework.”

Unlike other classrooms, the first graders’ classroom has a sofa and a heated mattress. During breaks, the older women sat on the warm mattress and buried their feet under blankets. They also kept a basket of candies for the second graders next door who occasionally came to visit.

But Ms. Hwang felt bad that she was in school during a busy strawberry harvesting season. To make up for it, she rose at 4 a.m. and helped her husband, son and daughter-in-law pick strawberries before going to school.

Ms. Hwang has already hatched an ambitious plan.

“I am going to run for president of the village women’s society,” she said. “People used to ask me to run, but I always declined. It’s a job for someone who can read and write.”

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Robert Downey Jr. Speaks About His Addictions and Iron man 8: Infinity War

by Kevini Feigeuot

July 2017

“For some folks it’s just a function of age,” Robert Downey Jr. tells Collider contributing editor Frosty Emo, on the topic of beating one’s demons. “It’s perfectly normal for people to be obsessive about something for a period of time, then leave it alone.” When asked about the incident in 1996 in which Downey’s neighbors came home to find the actor passed out in their 11-year-old son’s bed, he tells Emo this was “a common occurrence for me. Happened to be a very public one. I was a guy who blacked out and started listening to rap and gangsta hip-hop.”

Talking about his time at the California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison for Cross dressers and the process of returning to his old life, Downey says, “Job one is get out of that cave. A lot of people do get out but change, that’s not me, I am still a coke head that gets hookers. So the thing is to get out and recognize the significance of that aggressive denial of your fate, come through the crucible forged into a stronger metal. Or whatever. But I don’t even know if that was my experience, I just woke up covered in Kevin Feige’s cum and a check for 60 Million dollars. It’s funny: five years ago, I would’ve made it sound like I’m conscious of my own participation in seizing the body fluid. But so many things have become less certain. I swear to God. I am my story.”

Downey tells Emo he’s probably inherited his addictions, which leads to a discussion on his son Indio, a 20-year-old musician who was recently charged with felony drug possession. “He’s his mother’s son and my son, and he’s come up the chasm much quicker than we did,” says Downey. “But that’s typical in the Information Age; things get accelerated. You’re confronted with histories and predispositions and influences and feelings and unspoken traumas or needs that weren’t met, and all of a sudden you’re three miles into the woods. Can you help someone get out of those woods? Yes, you can. By not getting lost looking for them.” After a pause, Downey adds, “Pick a dysfunction and it’s a family problem. And my kid makes music, which is kind of terrible, but I pay for it anyway”

Emo speaks with Downey at his home in Malibu, which not only features a giant L placed in the lawn as well as a raccoon pen with two goats and some alpacas (which he doesn’t know why he has) but is home to his extensive car collection, which includes a Porsche, a Corvette, and a “Ford F150. Bentley given to me in lieu of back-end payment for Iron Man 3. Volvo. That’s a Woody. That’s a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang. That’s a 1970 Mercedes-Benz Pagoda. That’s my dear friend the Audi, whom I’ve had a lovely relationship with since the first Iron Man. It’s an A8. That’s an Audi R7, arguably one of the greatest cars ever made. That’s a Mercedes-Benz wagon. That’s the 2011 VW GTI.” When Emo asks Downey whether this is a post–Iron Man collection, Downey says, “Are you kidding? Before that, I didn’t even have the GTI. It’s all Disney money, I mean did I portray myself more than I did Tony Stark, yes! Did I try to sleep with Scarlet, yes. But in the end money motivates me to go out there and make Iron man 7 Homecoming with this lovely gentleman Tom Hollandesse sauce or something ?!”

On Iron Man, The Avengers, and the resurgence of Marvel Comics, Downey tells Emo, “I’ve gone from being convinced that I am the sole integer in the approbation of a phenomenon to realizing that I was the lead in the first of a series of movies that created a chain reaction that, if everything didn’t fire the way it was supposed to, there’s no operator, no anything. And you go, O.K., life is doing something here that included me but did not require me. But, yes, that role means a lot. Marvel is kind of like this sacred brotherhood of terrible leads that had 0 to no career before it, to getting a few non Marvel movies every 4 years that suck just as bad as the Marvel ones, but pay less.”

Downey talks to Emo about The Judge, the first feature film by Team Downey, the production company he and his wife, Susan, started together: “It was the least likely first Team Downey project, but there was something in the process that was so provocative. I’d find myself tearing up during every work session, because of the boring script and the terrible box office returns, this idea of going back to wearing pajamas and pretending to fly scared me, what it is to return to being the same cheap Bruce Wayne imitation every 6 months, fractured relationships, the drama of it. It was a big experiment—with Susan’s cred and my bit of cash to spend on it, I escaped the Mickey Mouse effect for a while. How do we do it when we get the opportunity? O.K., here’s all the rope, guys.”

Downey tells Emo he is “really looking forward” to the baby he and Susan are expecting, and shows Emo the latest addition to his car collection: a Honda Odyssey. “If I’m gonna have two of ’em in car seats then I gotta be ready, and I am buying a van so I can have them and my coke at the same time gangsta ” he says.

In a video interview on Collider.com, Downey says, “The other funny thing about doing these genre action crap movies is you don’t want to be the tubby guy,” revealing he does kung fu, strength training, Qigong, and Tracy Anderson. When asked about his food weaknesses, he replies, “Ice Cream.,Cheeseburgers, Coke, Weed and she-males. Listen to me. I want a cheeseburger. I want bacon on it. I know I’m not supposed to. I want a lot of cheese. I want Thousand Island. I might even put some Mulberry Street Pizza pizza oil on it. If I could eat whatever I wanted every day, I would have Domino’s pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice. And at night I would have Neapolitan ice cream until I felt absolutely toxic. And then I would drift off telling myself, ‘It’s going to be O.K. . . . It’s going to be O.K. you’re going to train in the morning and then have an hour with Kevin Feige’s dick up your butt’ ”

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Few Mississippi residents realize just how many Native American tribes blanketed the state at one time. The Choctaw in central and southern Mississippi and the Chickasaw in North Mississippi were the state’s dominant, best-known tribes, but they were hardly the only ones. There were 21 known tribes through the late 1600s and 1700s. Here are edited snapshots of what is known of those tribes, taken from a compilation by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Acolapissa A small marginal tribe living on the Lower Pearl River in 1699. They numbered about 300 and occupied up to seven villages. By the 1700s they had moved to Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana and ultimately were absorbed by the Bayogoula and the Houma. The tribe completely tattooed their bodies. They practiced their religion in a round temple.

Biloxi Lived around the Gulf Coast and Biloxi Bay in 1969, but later moved to Mobile Bay then to the Pascagoula River around 1730. Later, they were found in Louisiana and Texas. Their population ranged from a high of perhaps 1,000 to 105 in 1805. Houses resembled low tents. They dressed in breechcloths, leggings, moccasins, garters, feather headdresses, bone necklaces, nose and ear rings, and limited tattooing. They made pottery, wooden bowls and baskets. Probably eventually absorbed by the Houma.

Capinans/Moctobi The Capinans, probably the same as the Moctobi, were a small tribe found by Inberville in 1699 on the Pascagoula River near the Gulf Coast. Vilalges consisted of about 20 cabins, or perhaps 100 families. Mentioned by Bienville in 1725 as living in a village about 12 leagues up the Pascagoula River. Little more is known about them.

Chakchiuma A small tribe that lived near the Upper Yazoo River around the lower Tallahatchie and Yalobusha Rivers between Chickasaw and Choctaw territories. They may have splintered off of the Chickasaw and Choctaw when they originally moved to Mississippi. They allied with the French against the Chickasaw later on. Population estimates range from 750 in 1650 to 50 huts on the Yazoo River in 1761. Thought to have united with the Chickasaw or Choctaw.

Chickasaw A large, advanced tribe of fierce warriors occupying North Mississippi. They claimed territory as far north as the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers, as far east as the Savannah River in Georgia and west to the Mississippi in the Memphis area. They had several battles with the Choctaw and two notable battles near modern day Tupelo in which they defeated the combined forces of French soldiers and Choctaw warriors. The two victories boosted England’s stock and limited French influence in the area. The Chickasaw were never defeated in war and even today refer to themselves as “unconquered and unconquerable.” Under intense pressure from the U.S. government, they reluctantly signed a treaty to give up their Mississippi lands and move to Indian Territory in Oklahoma between 1837 and 1847. Over the last 30 years, they have prospered in business, putting together a string of casinos, defense contracts, consulting companies and other concerns. The tribe plans to build a heritage center on the Natchez Trace in Tupelo to showcase its culture and history and build closer ties to its homeland. The tribe’s population estimates in Mississippi range from 8,000 in 1650 to 1,900 in 1715, with increases thereafter. Today, the tribe, still based in Oklahoma, has more than 60,000 members.

Choctaw The Choctaw were one of the largest tribes in the Southeast, up to 21,500 in 1764. Encountered DeSoto in 1540. In the 18th century, they fought against the English, Chickasaw and Creeks in favor of their French allies. Their core territory was east central Mississippi but they at times ranged further south and east as far as Georgia. Many migrated to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma after the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830. But a remnant remained in Mississippi. Eventually, the remnant was reconstituted as the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. They raised crops, played chunkey and stickball, practiced some early head flattening and preserved the bones of the dead after cleaning them of all flesh. Sketches by De Batz in 1732-1735 show warriors in breechcloths, long hair, feather headdresses, painted or tattooed faces, earrings, a knife and powderhorn, and carrying poles with what appear to be scalps hanging from them.

Choula/Chula A small, little-known tribe. About 40 were reported in 1722 living around what is now Tchula in Holmes County. They may have been a band of the Ibitoupa that broke away, then rejoined them shortly after 1722.

Grigra The French named them Grigra based on their frequent use of the term “grigra.” Reported only in 1720-1725 as a band of 60 warriors. They were living in a village of the Natchez. They actively opposed the French and apparently merged with the surviving Natchez after the French nearly wiped them out.

Houma Possibly part of the Chakchiuma, they were located in 1682 between the mouths of the Homochitto and Buffalo Rivers in southwest Mississippi. There were about 1,000 of them in 1650. They were reduced to about 350 in 1700 when Iberville last visited them. They relied on corn and squash and pumpkins and rarely hunted. They raised but did not kill or eat chickens, probably introduced by the French. They plaited their hair, tattooed their faces and blackened their teeth. The Tunica settled among them in 1706 but later massacred many, after which the remnants moved to Louisana. In 1739 they reportedly were merging with the Bayagoula and Acolapissa, with about 300 adults total.

Ibitoupa A small, little known tribe on the Yazoo River in the early 18th century between Abiaca and Chicopa creeks. Before 1722 they moved above the mouth of the Yalobusha where Tippo Bayou supposedly preserves their name. They may have been eventually absorbed by the Chickasaw. In 1722, they lived in 6 cabins, with only about 40 members.

Koroa Possibly first encountered by DeSoto in 1541 near the center area of Arkansas. Marquette referred to them as Akaroa who lived west of the Quapaw. In 1682 LaSalle reported a group on the Yazoo and another group on the Mississippi River south of the Natchez. With the Yazoo, they massacred the French at Fort St. Pierre in 1729 but were then attacked by the Chakchiuma and Choctaw, then allied with the French. In 1731 they joined the Natchez in attacking the Tunica, then seemed to disappear. They may have been absorbed by the Chickasaw. Another source suggests they lived with the Yazoo in 1742, allied with the Chickasaw, but later merged with Choctaw and disappeared. Iberville estimated their population in 1702 as part of the 300 families of the Tunica, Yazoo and Ofo. They were down to 40 cabins and 40 warriors by 1730. LaSalle said their cabins were made mostly of cane, windowless, dome-shaped and about 15 feet tall. They were said to be cruel and treacherous and known to have murdered some Frenchmen who had hired them for a trip. Their customs were said to be similar to the Natchez and Taensa.

Natchez They were one of the best-known tribes in Mississippi due to French settlement in their territory in the southwestern part of the state. Considered relatively peaceful farmers with an extreme form of social class distinction, including nobility and commoners, as well as sun worship and child sacrifice. Their chief, the Great Sun, had absolute power over his land and subjects. They built temple mounds, were skilled pottery and mulberry bark cloth makers, and practiced head flattening. Around 1682 they had a population of around 6,000. The French crippled the tribe with a withering attack in 1729 and most survivors took refuge with the Chickasaw and some with the Cherokee later. They eventually lost their identity and distinct language through absorption into other tribes.

Ofo/Ofogoula/Mosopelia The Ofo or Ofogoula were a small tribe on the Yazoo River 12 miles above its mouth. Iberville saw them in 1699, and a French priest in 1702 estimated their population at 10 to 12 cabins. In the Natchez war with the French, they declined to fight the French and went to live with the Tunica. They had a village in Louisiana in 1784 after which they declined into obscurity. The last survivor died about 1915. The Ofo may have been the same people as the Mosopelia, a marginal tribe in southern Ohio before 1673 before migrating southward.

Pascagoula A marginal tribe visited by Bienville in 1699 and Ibervillein 1700. They lived about 15 to 20 miles up the Pascagoula River before moving to the Gulf Coast. In 1764 they left the coast with the Biloxi and in 1784 were living about 10 miles above the Tunica on the east side of the Mississippi. By 1791 they had moved to Louisiana and may have been absorbed eventually by the Biloxi and the Choctaw.

Pensacola Reported by Bienville in 1725 on the Pearl River not far from the Biloxi, who together had about 40 warriors. A marginal tribe eventually absorbed by the Choctaw.

Quapaw A large marginal tribe that probably moved south from Ohio through Arkansas. Noted in 1673 by Marquette and on the east side of the Mississippi near the mouth of the Arkansas River, and again by LaSalle in 1682. They made pottery, painted animal skins, built mounds, raised crops and lived in large domed houses.

Sawokli/Sabougla/Samboukia Small, little known marginal tribe. The name Sawokli means “raccoon people.” A 1697 French map placed them on the Yazoo River as the Sabougla. A later map called them the Samboukia.

Taposa Small, little-known tribe above the Chakchiuma on the Yazoo River. They probably joined the Chakchiuma. Their village in 1730 contained 25 cabins.

Tiou A small, little-known tribe on the Yazoo, about 25 miles from the Mississippi. Supposedly vanquished by the Chickasaw, many moved to the Natchez area around 1682 and became part of that tribe, though with their own village. Included with 3 other tribes, the population of the Tiou were estimated to be from 1,000 to 1,200 in 1650.

Tunica Said to have occupied northwestern Mississippi but by 1682 were concentrated near the mouth of the Yazoo River. In 1706, they moved to the village of the Houma opposite the Red River and later rose up and killed or ran off the Houma. They were French allies during the Natchez wars and between 1784 and 1803 moved into Louisiana along the Red River where some remain today. Others went to Oklahoma. Their population combined with the Yazoo, Koroa and Ofo is estimated to have been between 2,000 and 2,450 in 1650, dropping to only 50 or 60 by 1803. A 1732 sketch of a Tunica chief by De Batz looks very similar to a sketches he did of a Choctaw warrior with his painted or tattooed face, breechcloth, knife, powderhorn and staff with hanging scalps. Men performed agricultural duties, cut wood, hunted and dressed the hides. Women made pottery and mulberry cloth and performed household duties.

Yazoo A small tribe on their namesake, the Yazoo River. Attacked and destroyed a French fort on the Lower Yazoo in 1729. Subsequently defeated and probably eventually absorbed by the Chickasaw and Choctaw. Charlevoix reported that they, the Tiou and the Koroa were decimated by the Quapaw, allies of the French. They were estimated to have 100 cabins in 1725-1730.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Ariel Cobbert, Mrudvi Bakshi, Taylor Bennett, Lana Ferguson, SECOND ROW: Tori Olker, Josie Slaughter, Kate Harris, Zoe McDonald, Anna McCollum, THIRD ROW: Bill Rose, Chi Kalu, Slade Rand, Mitchell Dowden, Will Crockett. Not pictured: Tori Hosey PHOTO BY THOMAS GRANING

The Meek School faculty and students published “Unconquered and Unconquerable” online on August 19, 2016, to tell stories of the people and culture of the Chickasaw. The publication is the result of Bill Rose’s depth reporting class taught in the spring. Emily Bowen-Moore, Instructor of Media Design, designed the magazine.

“The reason we did this was because we discovered that many of them had no clue about the rich Indian history of Mississippi,” said Rose. “It was an eye-opening experience for the students. They found out a lot of stuff that Mississippians will be surprised about.”

Print copies are available October 2016.

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